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Cabrera had never homered more than twice in a season entering 2013, hitting just five home runs in 296 career games. He's hit four homers in 48 games this season and has five multi-hit performances in his last seven games to boost his batting average to .267.
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Miley has now given up 15 earned runs in 14 2/3 innings over his last three starts, taking the loss in each to drop to 3-4 on the year. He and his 4.53 ERA are scheduled to face the Rangers in Arlington Thursday.
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Cashner pitched to one batter in the seventh inning before being removed after 102 pitches, his highest pitch count of the year. He's 3-0 in his last four starts.
Cashner takes a 3.38 ERA into Thursday's start in San Diego against the Mariners.
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Rutledge went 0 for 6 and struck out twice in his first game with Colorado Springs after being optioned by the Rockies earlier this week. It was Rutledge's first work in Triple-A in his career.
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Donaldson singled in the second, launched a solo home run in the fourth, reached on an infield single in the sixth and doubled in a run in the eighth. Donalson reached base five times and he finished 4 for 4 with a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in an 11-5 victory.
Donaldson is hitting .389 (21 for 54) with four home runs and seven RBI in his last 15 games played. He has a .322/.398/.544 slash line in 180 at-bats.
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Castro launched a pair of solo home runs off starter A.J. Griffin in the first and fourth innings and also singled in a run in the sixth. He finished 3 for 4 with two runs scored and three RBI in an 11-5 defeat. Castro is hitting .265 with six home runs and 15 RBI.
His teammate Matt Dominguez also homered twice. It was the first time two Houston teammates have had multi-home run games since July 25, 2005, when Craig Biggio and Lance Berkman each had two.
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Dominguez had solo shots in the third and seventh innings. He finished 2 for 4 with two runs scored and two RBI in an 11-5 loss. He has homered three times in his last two games since returning from a quad injury.
His teammate Jason Castro also homered twice. It was the first time two Houston teammates have had multi-home run games since July 25, 2005, when Craig Biggio and Lance Berkman each had two.
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Harrell (3-6) allowed six runs in the second and was pulled after walking Josh Donaldson to load the bases for the second time in the inning. He was charged with six runs on six hits and three walks while striking out one over 1 2/3 innings in an 11-5 defeat.
Harrell is scheduled to start Thursday at Colorado.
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"He came out of his bullpen fine," Padres manager Bud Black told MLB.com. "It looks as if Clayton is tracking toward Monday."
"I'm definitely excited to be back with the team and I'm ready to pitch when I get the opportunity to," Richard said. "Everything has been going well, and I've been feeling good. That's the reason for everything, to start feeling better, and it feels good to be on the right track."
Edinson Volquez's start has been pushed back to Tuesday.
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Griffin (5-3) allowed three solo home runs, including two to Jason Castro. The right-hander permitted four runs on five hits and a walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings of an 11-7 win.
Griffin has allowed seven runs over his last 11 2/3 innings. He is scheduled to start Thursday at San Francisco.






